(01-01-2021 01:45 AM)jdgaucho Wrote:  

(01-01-2021 01:32 AM)SDHornet Wrote:  

(01-01-2021 01:26 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(01-01-2021 01:08 AM)SDHornet Wrote:  

(01-01-2021 12:50 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  Not necessarily. Boise seems to explore every available option before making a decision, which can be very time consuming.

However, it does seem surprising that they've as yet been unable to seal the AAC deal by switching BB/olympics to a western conference, given that the Big Sky would probably take them in.

Maybe the AAC deal only makes fiscal sense to them if their BB program can generate $1-2 million/year, which wouldn't be possible in the Big Sky(?)

Does anyone know how much revenue a BB/olympic school can earn in the WAC? Is it mostly about the revenue, or does it have more to do with the quality of the competition or access to recruiting territory?

Agreed, but it's not like Boise hasn't done this before. My guess is the WCC is probably the only conference that has the potential for them to hit that revenue goal.

Makes sense. If the AAC payments to Wichita are in the $2 million+ range, as rumored, then the WCC might be the only western non-FBS conference that can pay much more than $1 million per school.

If the revenues from the WAC are closer to the $500 K range, or even lower, and if the Big Sky revenues are closer to the $200 K range, then a refusal to make the jump to the AAC for FB simply because they would lose a few hundred thousand income would seem puzzling, unless the loss of the BB revenue, itself, is enough to make the switch to the AAC less than worthwhile.

If Boise were to make the switch for FB, their conference revenues would be about the MWC average for all-sports members, and their travel costs would increase somewhat. So perhaps they simply can't afford to do without the BB revenue (?).

I agree. FB drives the bus. The idea that Boise is sweating a few hundred K over "the right" Oly sports home if they have a FB invite from the AAC in hand is ridiculous. Boise can also choose to cut budget in the Oly sports once it becomes obvious (if it isn't already) that the AAC has no interest in their Oly sports.

They already cut baseball and swimming & diving.